Buckshot LeFonque was a musical group project that began primarily as a collaboration between Branford Marsalis and DJ Premier. The name was derived by Marsalis from ‘Buckshot La Funke’, a pseudonym used for contractual reasons by jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, on the album Here Comes Louis Smith (1958). After playing with Sting, Miles Davis and other artists, Marsalis founded this band to create a new sound by merging classic jazz with rock, pop, R&B, and hip-hop influences.